Payment in bitcoins is not so popular yet, especially in Russian-speaking countries. However, some companies are willing to accept cryptocurrency both online and offline - we will talk about them in this article, as well as tell you which country uses bitcoin more often than others.

what can you spend bitcoin on in the world?

Goods that can be paid for with bitcoins are divided into several categories:

✔ Food (usually in cafes and restaurants);

✔ Precious metals;

✔ Real estate;

✔ Technology and automobiles.

Food

Representatives of the restaurant business regularly add the ability to pay with cryptocurrency: sometimes it is even more profitable than using cash. 

At Starbucks, those who want to pay unusually use a special gateway to transfer money in cryptocurrency. Similar services are offered to Subway and Burger King customers.

However, yet it is not available everywhere. Meanwhile, Europeans and Americans are the luckiest in this regard: they began to use bitcoin payment earlier and now it is developing more actively. In what countries can you get food for bitcoins:

✔ The USA. This is where you will find a lot of restaurants that allow you to pay for your order or delivery in digital currency.

✔ Japan. In this country, cafes and bars accepting cryptocurrency have actively emerged in recent years.

✔ Slovenia. Surprisingly, there are many bitcoin-friendly places of various kinds, including restaurants.

There are also stores that accept cryptocurrency in Italy, Bulgaria and Switzerland. But in Russia, Ukraine and Poland such places are still very limited.

Precious Metals

JM Bullion and Bullion Exchange offer to spend bitcoins on gold and other precious metals. For now, this is the most famous store with this option: it even offers instructions for those who don't know how to use bitcoin to pay for their purchase.

Real Estate

Those who want to buy a house or an apartment can use this site: https://bithome.ch/.

It contains real estate, which can be sold for bitcoins, and the price in the corresponding currency. The apartments are located in different countries: Italy, Japan, the USA, Switzerland, Poland and others. However, it will not be possible to conduct the transaction anonymously: after all, the property is too valuable.

Technology and automobiles

You can buy equipment, including automobiles, with Bitcoin. To do this, you can cooperate with companies directly or use aggregators, as with real estate: for example, BitCars.

Which companies accept bitcoins?

We have already mentioned several companies that accept bitcoins.  In fact, there are a lot more:

1. Tesla. In 2021 Elon Musk kept his recent promise and added the option to buy a car with bitcoins. At the moment, the option is only available for residents of the U.S., but they want to expand the geography in the nearest future.

2. Microsoft. They added an alternative way back in 2014, periodically removed it due to high volatility and reconnected it in 2021.

3. Wikipedia. Here bitcoin is used as one of the currencies to transfer money to charity to finance the work of the site.

4.Overstock. An American retailer that sells various things at a bargain price. Credit card, bitcoin, payment systems - there are enough alternatives for payment.

There are also intermediary services. With their help, it is possible to calculate and transfer money to pay for goods where bitcoins are not accepted. For example, with the help of Purse.io people often shop at Amazon.

Where else can I spend bitcoin? 

In addition to the mentioned above categories, there are other places to spend bitcoin.

For instance, you can spend cryptocurrencies on social networks and forums. 4chan and Twitch accept bitcoins - the first for account registration on the resource, the second - as payment for premium services. On Twitch, the function is sometimes switched off.

Education

In 2017, the University of Lucerne in Switzerland enabled payment for education in bitcoin, although it is unknown if this option is available now. Also in March 2021, Bitcoin.com told about the Morningside School of Music in Scotland, which also allowed tuition payments in BTC. The headmaster informed that the institution had previously used digital assets for some purchases, so he knows how to work with them.

Travel

Of course, you can also travel for bitcoins. Some well-known sites offer trips and tours:

1. Bitcoin Travel. Here you can book a hostel or buy a plane ticket: the site collects offers from hotels from all over the world, which offer to work with cryptocurrency.

2. Agoda and Travala. A time-tested option for booking accommodation.

3. Berkeley Travel. British travel company. 

Pay attention to the fact that some sites require manual converting of amounts.